Tribble & Tribble Law Blog

On April 18th, 2018, the Tennessee Supreme Court adopted the Uniform Bar Exam (UBE) as the testing component for bar admission in Tennessee. The UBE is a nationwide test that has been adopted by 31 other jurisdictions. The bar exam is administered twice each year first in February and then again in July. Tennessee is expected to first utilize the UBE in February of 2019.

A bill that would allow some Tennessee residents to use medical marijuana recently passed the House Criminal Justice Committee with a 9-2 vote. The bill would provide a legal defense to the crime of possessing marijuana to individuals who suffer from certain specifically designated illnesses and medical conditions with a doctor’s note prescribing cannabis.

The proposed bill does not legalize the recreational use of marijuana. The Senate version of the bill has not yet been taken up in committee.

Tennessee Court of Appeals for the Middle District of Tennessee has just issued a ruling that calls into question the admissibility of all TBI DUI alcohol and drug testing in DUI prosecutions. If you have a pending DUI, Vehicular Assault, or Vehicular Homicide case where a lab test was taken, you may be able to use this new law in your defense!

Once a custody schedule has been established by a court order, if a parent who has joint custody of a child wants to relocate to a different state or move more than 50 miles from the other parent within the state, the relocating parent must comply with specific notice requirements before moving.